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Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 7:39 pm
by axlepressbutton
Beautiful combi's, both of them. I'll keep an eye out for them, would love to see them in the flesh.
Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 11:52 pm
by kombi1976
axlepressbutton wrote:
I'd been looking out for one in reasonable condition for a couple of years. One of the leads I had was for one out on a farm in Toowoomba near where I used to live but the guy wasn't willing to sell. Every six months I'd make a call and ask the guy nicely and last month he said yes! I picked her up a few weeks ago.
That's a nice ute.
Any plans?
BTW, I love the front bumper.
It may not be standard but it looks cool.
Any story on what it was used for?
Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 11:01 am
by axlepressbutton
Not a bad rig for the money- I'm happy with the year too.
She's been off the road for a while. She used to be used around a farm for rabbit and roo shooting, hence the spotlight and the hand rails in the back where the shooters used to stand. I'm not sure about the bumper but its well made and strong as. It looks like something used to hinge of be towed from it.
The paint isn't original; she used to be Alabaster white/grey, which still remains inside. I'm going to strip her back and buff up the original colour; should come up fine. The roof has a beautiful rich orange crackle finish to it, that’s definitely staying!
I wanted a S.C. as a daily drive to carry stuff in so I'm not going to be too precious about it.
Plan is to get her on the rotisserie, rust repair and POR15 underneath. I'm going to match any repair panels to the original colour but keep all her lumps and bumps- it’s character! I'll get a match colour on the drop sides as best I can, drop her, narrow the beam and my sprintstars should suit her well. I have a 1600 twin port and a nice carb set-up for her too.
I’m looking for a treasure chest door, an engine lid and a rear bumper. Anything that fits will do for now if anyone can help?
As you can see from the crutches, I'm recovering from an accident at the moment. (I'm probably crawling around inside the treasure chest in this picture!)
I've got some time on my hands so hope when I'm able to get started that this one should be on the road pretty quickly.
Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 11:46 am
by zeuspig
Sounds like you have it all worked out mte. Sounds like a good plan.
Looking forward to seeing more.
Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 11:32 pm
by kombi1976
Those shootin' bars are pretty cool.
Wonder if they hung dead foxes off them...
I'm looking forward to seeing this one come together.
Where near Toowomba?
Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 8:34 pm
by Brewmaster
axlepressbutton wrote:
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d35/a ... NewToy.jpg
I'd been looking out for one in reasonable condition for a couple of years. One of the leads I had was for one out on a farm in Toowoomba near where I used to live but the guy wasn't willing to sell. Every six months I'd make a call and ask the guy nicely and last month he said yes! I picked her up a few weeks ago.
Where abouts near Toowomba did you find this beauty?
Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 8:49 am
by jvm
Looks like a 4 stud vw wheel in the shed - Do you know what its bolted to??